Kimberly Summe serves as the Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel, and Chief Compliance Officer of Sequoia Capital Global Equities, a multi-billion technology-focused hedge fund affiliated with Sequoia Capital, a venture capital firm established in 1972 in Menlo Park, California.  Previously, Kimberly was the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of Partner Fund Management, L.P. and Stillwater Investment Management, L.P.  She has served as a Managing Director at Lehman Brothers and General Counsel at the International Swaps and Derivatives Association. Kimberly started her career as an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.

Kimberly received a Bachelor of Arts in History from Oklahoma State University, a Master of Science in International Relations from The London School of Economics, a Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Arts from The University of Cambridge, and a Juris Doctorate from The University of Chicago. She has published over twenty articles on a variety of corporate law topics, including bankruptcy, derivatives, and insider trading laws.  She also is a Lecturer in Law at the Stanford Law School and is a member of the Hoover Institute’s working group on bankruptcy reform.

Kimberly previously served for four years on the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Managed Funds Association. She is on the Investment Committee of the Oklahoma State University Foundation, a Board member of the Oklahoma State University Multilateral Endowment Management Company, a member of the Board of Trustees for Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton and its Investment Committee, and Chairman of the Edgewood Center for Children and Families, a 172 year-old charity based in San Francisco, California.